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Primary Intracardiac Yolk Sac Tumor

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A 2-year-old male child presented with fever, complete heart block, and congestive cardiac failure. Echocardiography showed a dumbbell-shaped mass in the right ventricle and right atrium. He was operated on with a provisional diagnosis of rhabdomyoma. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry of the resected tumor revealed a malignant germ cell tumor with predominant yolk sac differentiation.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College University Hospital, Porur, Chennai-600116, India, IN

    U. Parvathy & K.R. Balakrishnan

  2. Department of Cardiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College University Hospital, Porur, Chennai-600116, India, IN

    M.S. Ranjit

  3. Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College University Hospital, Porur, Chennai-600116, India, IN

    S. Kuruvilla & K.R. Rao

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Parvathy, U., Balakrishnan, K., Ranjit, M. et al. Primary Intracardiac Yolk Sac Tumor. Pediatr Cardiol 19, 495–497 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900368

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